Dr. Tom Yao has advanced clinical training in neurosurgery, having completed an endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., before joining Norton Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Yao earned his medical degree as well as completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurological surgery at Vanderbilt. Dr. Yao is a neurosurgeon who is a consultant of CERENOVUS, a Johnson & Johnson company.
Mechanical thrombectomy is a minimally invasive procedure that offers positive benefits to ischemic stroke patients – which account for 85 percent of all strokes – in the first few hours after stroke onset.